Norsk Helikopterservice's first S-92 delivered

Avincis Group (Avincis), has today received the first of its record order of 16 new Sikorsky S-92 helicopters. The order, placed in December 2011, is the largest single purchase of S-92s ever made.

The aircraft, a good-looking factory new S-92 was delivered to the Avincis subsidiary Norsk Helikopterservice (NHS) at Stavanger, Norway, in an Ukrainian Antonov AN 124 earlier today. The first two of Avincis' S-92s will be registered in Norway before being flown to Aberdeen, where an NHS crew will initially operate them for Bond customers in the UK North Sea sector. They are expected to return to begin operations in the Norwegian Continental Shelf before the end of 2013.

The Sikorsky S-92 helicopters, known for their robust design, safety features and performance, will be used by Avincis' subsidiaries around the world to provide transportation for offshore oil and gas workers and for search and rescue work.

Headquartered in the UK, the Group provides central resources, global standards and systems and expertise to its 13 local operating companies. The S-92s, which will be delivered over the next three years, will form part of Avincis' global fleet of around 350 rotary and 50 fixed-wing aircraft which fly from 295 bases in ten countries.

Avincis' subsidiaries operate under the Bond (UK, Norway, Ireland and Australia), Norsk Helikopterservice (Norway), Inaer (Spain, Italy, France, Portugal, Chile and Peru) and Australian Helicopters brands. In 2011 the group transported over 180,000 people across the North Sea, conducted more than 3,900 search and rescue missions over seas and mountains, over 36,000 air ambulance missions, rescued more than 7,000 from life-threatening situations and flew over 8,800 fire fighting missions.

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